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Old 06-03-2016, 11:29 PM
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Old 06-03-2016, 11:33 PM
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Oh my....
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Old 06-04-2016, 12:30 AM
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Well...

That's one way to get your vette down to 2500-lbs...
Old 06-04-2016, 12:50 AM
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Dare I say that if you put some tear drop fenders on it you'd have a CORDvette?
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Looks like it was repurposed into a round de round racer ?
Old 06-04-2016, 06:37 AM
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It needs large flares on the rear and flat black paint...then I couldn't say I hate it.

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I sort of like it. I always admire the ingenuity and creativity that goes into some of these cars.
Old 06-04-2016, 07:39 AM
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Poor car...
But if that's what the owner liked, then that's a good thing.
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Oh joy another c3 to bash



Actually it would not be all that hard to add a front clip...ahem, a c3 front clip and then it's a restro mod,

I don't like much about it but what I love about it is how worked up some people get over a car that belongs to someone else...

Old 06-04-2016, 11:52 AM
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Glimpse of Bubba in the third photo is exactly what I would expect him to look like!
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Originally Posted by ignatz
Glimpse of Bubba in the third photo is exactly what I would expect him to look like!
How do you know his name is "Bubba" ?

He might be the same cat in this c4....


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A LOT of work in there including a roll cage.

BTW....that 3rd pic is his wife.....

Still have to admire the creativity. Jesse James would be proud...
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Originally Posted by Syl1953
Looks like it was repurposed into a round de round racer ?
That's what I was thinking, due to the push bar(?) on the back.


I do like the centercap on his steering wheel.
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Since no one else wanted to post the link, I will

https://austin.craigslist.org/cto/5580851759.html

I agree that this is probably once was an old road race car. The dash layout, cage configuration extending to the front all point towards that possibility. If the frame and birdcage were solid, could be an interesting track car project at half the price.

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Originally Posted by RJ1AZ


I do like the centercap on his steering wheel.

When you press that button,. all of the rims fall off !

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There should be a special prison for guys who do that to a Vette
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Originally Posted by jr73
There should be a special prison for guys who do that to a Vette
really? why?

why does what a person do to their car get some people so upset?


I get the whole a person is bored and posts wild weird and messed up c3's to enjoy, critique, like it, hate it all that but I do not get why some folks seem to take another persons car so personal...

like my 66,
Perhaps an answer would tell me why that fellow got so upset over my modded 66 ( flared headlights in grill etc, only primered car allowed in cruise the organizers liked it so much ) the attendants told him if he couldn't tone down and stop the freaking and cussing he would have to leave the cruise...his rant was that typical why did someone ruin a corvette.

While the car in this thread wouldn't be worth much to me and far less with the extra non c3 stuff the roll bar and 5 speed make my mind engage,
add a front clip, more fitting tail lights and do a red white blue greenwood style paint job, then it's a cool restro mod
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